jessica Lu - Bird & Bee Birth Services

jessica Lu

Bird & Bee Birth Services

Fee Details: I offer two different birth packages, a la carte services, and concierge "everything but the birth" packages. I do offer concierge services via skype for those not in the OC area. I offer in-home childbirth education.

Birth Doula Experience: 3 years and 30 births attended

Doula Training

Not Specified

Type of Practice: Solo practice

Clients per Month: 0 to 2

Attends hospital births? All HospitalsAttends birth center births? All Birth CentersAttends home births? Any Home Birth

Client Testimonials for jessica Lu

Megan Lam

Jessica is an amazing doula! We met her through a doula service after doing a speed-dating like meet and greet, and she was the person that my husband I agreed was most qualified and that we were most comfortable with. Prior to our first meeting she had a very thorough questionare re labor and birth preferences. We met with her twice before birth to discuss preferences and to form a birth plan. She was able to give us insight on what to expect based on our preferences, and to give advice without any judgement. My goal was to have a natural birth without pain management with a midwife attending. During the labor process she was omnipresent, comforting, and provided amazing support for both myself and my husband. She helped to relieve my pain using positional changes, massage, and just by being supportive. She was able to help keep me focused on my goal even when I was starting to falter, and now after birth I am so grateful that she did that. My husbandd states that having her was the best thing that we did to prepare for the labor process! I couldn't agree more.

Posted 4/11/2016

Megan Gavin

As a first-time Mom I read everything I could but nothing could have prepared me for labor and delivery. In hindsight, I can say the best preparation we made was to hire Jess as our doula. Jess is so strong but flexible, and reassuringly warm. She was completely committed to supporting the birth experience we were hoping for. Even our doctor loved her. I credit Jess with our excellent outcome in spite of unexpected complications. In the end, we had a very healthy baby boy via vaginal birth with a minimum of interventions, and without pain medications.The most valuable service Jess provided was her unwavering support. She was a calming presence both at home and at the hospital, and an anchor of sanity in a frightening and exhilarating experience for my partner and me. Both of us feel we could not have made it through it all without her. Bottom line: Jess is a rock, a superstar. I could not overemphasise her talents as a doula or the positivity of our experience with her.

Posted 1/21/2016

Katya Hott

Working with Jessica was an awesome experience. She is down to earth, fun, patient, and very knowledgable. After our two prenatal visits, I felt confident that Jessica would help our family stick as best we could to our birth plan and advocate for our wishes. During labor Jessica was a calming force for both my partner and me, and we credit her to saving us from a c-section by helping us explain our wishes to our doctor and working with the hospital staff to help my baby get into a better position and speed up my stalled labor. In the end, the birth was very close to what I'd imagined and wanted, and Jessica is a huge contributing factor. We highly, highly recommend her!

Posted 12/29/2015

Sarah Diaz

Jessica was a wonderful and supportive presence throughout my labor and birth. I had a 52 hour labor and experienced back labor throughout, and Jessica expertly helped me navigate my pain, using her skills to help me progress my labor and helping me in working through most of my labor at home. Jessica both pushed to make sure I got the birth I wanted while supporting my need to be flexible given the ways in which my labor progressed. I strongly believe that having Jessica's support is one of the main reasons I was able to have a vaginal birth despite laboring for so long and other complications that developed at the hospital.

Jessica was also extremely supportive of my husband, who was understandably exhausted and concerned by the time we went to the hospital. She helped normalize our experience, which while totally normal felt crazy to us (neither of us had any idea labor could last so long). I cannot imagine having gone through this experience without her, and am so grateful that she was present to help guide us.

In addition to the birth, Jessica helped prepare us and came about a week post-partum to help with whatever we needed. In general, she's an extremely supportive, warm, and confident presence, and I couldn't recommend her enough.

Posted 7/14/2015

Patricia Hidalgo

Jessica was our doula for the birth of our first baby in Dec 2014. I was in labor for more than 30 hours and having Jessica with us was a huge help. She massaged my back, which was the only thing that made the contractions bearable for so long and stayed calm for what it seemed an eternity. It was comforting and reassuring to have her there with us, at home and later at the Hospital. Although I ended up having a c section Jessica was a wonderful support for me and my husband. We wish her more success in her journey as a doula!

Posted 6/29/2015

Johannes Schunter

Since this was our first pregancy and we didn't really know what to expect, we decided to go with a Doula to have any extra support possible. At the Meet-the-Doulas meeting at Beth Israel Hospital, me, my wife and Jessica really hit it off, and we felt very comfortable with our choice - for good reasons! Even though it was only Jessica's third delivery as a Tier 1 Doula, we felt very safe with her as she also has extensive emergency room eperience as a nurse. During her two home visits at our place she introduced us to some really useful tools and techniques which turned out to be extremely helpful during my wife's very long delivery (which included 50 hours of pre-labor!). Her presence on the phone during the hours before, and at the hospital on site made a big difference in this entire process, and we would go on this journey again with her any time! Thanks so much Jessica!!